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Hey, the "movie without a name so everyone just called it Cloverfield for some reason" appears to actually have a name now. And it's Cloverfield. Huh. Given the secretive nature of the ad campaign, I have to wonder if that's even the final title. Anyway, there's a new trailer up, and it looks pretty cool. You even get a brief glimpse of the monster. Or at least its... what is that, a thigh? Something.

In any event, it's nice to see they've switched from viral marketing to actual marketing. Because, sometimes, I kind of like knowing the product or service I'm being asked to pay for.

Thank you, DC, may I have another? Anyway, I have a few of the stories in other books and/or single issues, but anything that gets DC to reprint some of the old Fawcett material is worth supporting. Plus, that DC Comics Presents story is a blast, and I've always wanted to read that Superman vs. "Captain Thunder" story, so I'm psyched for this.

Funny that Otto Binder doesn't get any credit in the "written by" credit, though. I'd hate to think he got shuffled into the "and others" column, or worse yet, that he was left out completely.

So one of my invisible MySpace friends is this dude who reports on all manner of Red Sox news, and he posted several bulletins today about Boston's attempts to re-sign free agent 3rd baseman Mike Lowell. The first is a link to a story about how talks between both sides were "going nowhere." A few hours later, there's another link to a story about how things were actually looking up. A few hours later still, there's news that they reached an agreement, and Lowell will return. This looks to actually be the case, thankfully, but still, that's a pretty short time for a complete 180, don't you think?

Take very little that you read on the internet seriously, folks. Hell, I don't even trust most of the stuff I type myself.